Didn't go today but told Warrington led 24-10 at Half Time, Wigan came back to lead 29-28 and in the last minute Warrington attempted a levelling drop goal which hit the post and they ended up scoring a try from the rebound. JWhen your lucks in..............

was a brilliant game!

both teams struggled playing into a strong wind!

was a shocker to lose it like that at the end, feka played 80mins today and must be in contention for a recall next week. thought stu howarth and pryce had shockers today.

Ref had a shocker today, Absolutely battered Wigan. Some Stupid calls from him today.

i agree there..probably one of the worst performances iv ever seen from a ref.

todays teams were..

wigan..
1 josh vievers 20. karl pryce 3. stefan marsh 4. iain thornley 5. matthew russell 6. declan mcloughlin 7. sam powell 17 feka 9 james dandy 10. kieron harrison 11. jack hughes 12 matthew sarsfield 13 stuart howarth

14 charlie mitchel 15. greg burke 16 liam carberry 17 tom spencer

warrington
1. jordan burke 5 kevin penny 3 rhys evans 4 rhys williams 2 chris fleming 6 sam caslick 7 gareth o'brien 8 ryan duffy 9 alex thompson 10 jamie peasnell 11 james laithwaite 12 chris dean 22 tyrone mccarthy

17 gavin williams 15 liam hulme 14 brooke broughton 16 ben evens

Is Kevin Penny now back at Warrington? How did he get on?

Agreed, and despite him we were still unlucky to lose to that fluke try. I thought Veivers had one of his best games for a while, in difficult conditions.

What's up with Logan Tomkins? He's missed the last 2 or 3 games, I think.

Team sheet & scorers:

Veivers
Pryce
Marsh
Thornley
Russell

McLoughlin
Powell

Feca
Dandy
Harrison
Hughes
Sarsfield
Howarth

Mitchell
Burke
Carberry
Spencer

tries: Veivers, Pryce, Russell, Dandy, Marsh (I think it was - a bit of a scrappy one and couldn't see very well)

Goals: Veivers (4)
Drop goal: Powell

Kept him pretty quiet - had one good break late on, chasing a chip in midfield, but Veivers got to him.

Warrington were in front for 70 minutes plus and are apparently lucky to win?

The wind (which was in Warrington's favour in the first half) was worth about 18 points. The two sides were fairly evenly matched, and a draw might have been a fair result - hence why Wire went for what would have been a game-tying drop goal with a minute or so left. From that drop goal attempt, the ball bounced back off the left upright to a Wire player who scored under the sticks. Planned move?

Must have been

the ball rebounded of the post and hit feka on the legs to play warringon on side

surprised it got past his belly!

I'm sorry, could you repeat that please?

The Warrington player was in front of the kicker so has to give any Wigan player 10 metres. So it shouldn't have been play on.


Irrespective of the poor decision (and there were a few) it was a great game to watch.

Any word on Marsh and Thornley possibly leaving?

Completely agree. Its the first time I've been to an U20's game for a while and it is definitely worth a trip up there.

One penalty against Wigan raised a few questions for me. A Wire forward was held up by two players and a third came in to tackle round the shins. The ref awarded a penalty. I was sat next to a Wire fan who was connected to their team (I think his son was in the squad). He said that his son had been told that there had been guidance issued about 'putting undue pressure on knees' or something like that now being a penalty offence. Anybody heard anything about this? A tactic we have used all season being made illegal?

Liam FArrell was noticably doing this a lot last night.

question : can a conversion be taken from the wrong side of the touchline?

Seeing as Karl Pryce actually put the ball down on the corner flag maybe it was apt that the ref made him move the ball 2 inches so that it was actually on the touch line

It certainly looked as though he was in touch, although the touch judge was right there and didn't disallow the try. The officiating was really poor today.

Anyone stand out in the Wire team today?

i thought rhys evans looked dangerous. and your number 6 played well

He always does

If your team numbers are right 6 is Sam Caslick he's from Brisbane

they were taken from the teamsheet handed out so im presuming he's they guy!

must say you have a big pack and i thought brooke broughton made some big yards for you when he came off the bench